Their role is explored through case studies of two sites by discussing the dynamics of their socio-political contexts and interconnections to everyday life. The tying of strips at these sites is the personal dedication of pilgrims to ancestors and saints, which are embedded in complex relationships related to how a community conceives and interacts with the tangible and intangible worlds around it." - Rags and rock art: The landscapes of holy site pilgrimage in the Republic of Kazakhstan, by Kenneth Lymer (University of Southampton), World Archaeology, Volume 36(1)/ March 2004, pp. 158-172.
ничего, как и обычно, не понятно, но звучит внушительно.
у меня тут ни одного хорошего снимка нет этих... э? э? как же эти штуки-то называются? всё, всё позабыл уже :((
